China Readers: Xi'an - Past and Present [Chinese-English]. ISBN: 9787107363665

English Title: Xi'An - Past and Present
Chinese Title: 西安的前世与今生
ISBN-10: 7-107-36366-2, 7107363662
ISBN-13: 978-7-107-36366-5, 9787107363665
Binding: softcover
Pages: 29
Shipping Weight: 150g
Size: 190mm x 239mm
Language: simplified Chinese, pinyin only with vocabulary, English
Audio: Mandarin Chinese, English
Year of Publication: 2022
Language Skill: Reading
Level: advanced elementary learners - intermediate
Publisher: People's Education Press (人民教育出版社)

Xi'an is one of China's oldest cities with rich and important history. Today, the wonderful and vibrant city is one of modern China's high-tech centers, drawing from both the present and the past to offer something truly special to locals and visitors.

This volume includes an introduction, a main text in simplified Chinese and some after-reading questions in simplified Chinese after the text (suggested answer are provided at the end of the book). Vocabulary annotations in red (=basic vocabulary) and blue (additional vocabulary) are provided throughout the main text with annotations in simplified Chinese, pinyin and English translation. The second text of the book is an additional reading text about the famous Terracotta Army and this text is in simpified Chinese only. The third text of the book is the English translation of the second text. The fourth text of the book is the English translation of the main text. In the appendix is the vocabulary index of the book and the suggested answers to the questions after the main text.

China Readers
Learn about China through its history, people, places and culture. The volumes of this series present reading selections on a variety of fascinating non-fiction topics. On the back of each volume is a QR-code, scan the QR-code to stream the corresponding audio in Mandarin Chinese and English. The audio of this title includes mandarin Chinese audio for texts 1 and 2 and English audio for texts 3 and 4. After you access the online audio stream, a corresponding video will start. You can pause the video and select the audio stream 1-4 of your choice.